POL320Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Equal Protection Clause, John Stuart Mill, Jeremy Bentham
12 Dec 2016
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An introduction to the principles of morals and legislation (i) A doctrine that has the fundamental tenants of basic human equality and enhancing basic human welfare promoting the greatest happiness for the greatest number . Huge effect in bringing reform in many fields, especially in the criminal and penal law and the notion of the welfare state. In more recent times has been significant in strengthening the idea of animal welfare. There is no doctrine except perhaps rights doctrine that is so entrenched in our assumptions about politics. When appeals to the public welfare utilitarianism is often invoked but in political theory has been subjected under great criticism, there are few who identify as utilitarian"s. Utilitarian"s have a way of thinking to solve problems of ethical challenges with general principles, which some feel does not reflect the complexity of humanity.
